Transforming Your Relationship with Time: Achieve More While Doing Less By Jamie Jackson Spannhake, Esq., CHC
Introduction: Faculty Jamie Jackson Spannhake is an attorney, coach & author of The Lawyer, the Lion, & the Laundry: Three Hours to Finding Your Calm in the Chaos . She practices law as a partner at Berlandi Nussbaum & Reitzas LLP, serving clients in New York and Connecticut. She received her certification as a wellness coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York City. She regularly writes and speaks on issues important to lawyers, including time management, stress and anxiety, “mind management,” and work-life balance.
Overview & Objectives 30 minutes ● The Reality of Time ● How to Take Action to Maximize Your Time ● Transforming Your Relationship with Time ● What to Do Today ● Questions & Answers
The We all have 168 hours in a week, with 112 waking Reality hours. of Time
168 Hour Week: Quantify Your Time Quantify Your Time Consider the details of what you need and want in your life. Consider: Sleep ● Work ● ● Relationships with other people, including family and friends ● Exercise, Fitness, Health Hobbies ● Household responsibilities ● ● Commuting &/or Driving, including to/from work and driving to other activities Other/Miscellaneous ●
168 Hour Week: Quantify Your Time Quantify Your Time How much time do you want/need for each category? Here’s some examples: ● 8 hours a day practicing law? From 6 to 10 pm with your family on weekdays and 4 hours each Saturday and Sunday ● with family or friends? ● 1 hour every day of the week exercising? ● One round of golf each week? Hiking on the weekends? Grocery shopping takes 2 hours a week? Cooking takes 1 hour each day? Cleaning the ● house? Cutting the grass? ● Commute 1 hour each day? Drive kids 2 hours each weekend to sports? ● Any other time you spend? Watching TV or movies? What would you like to do if you had the time? ●
188.5 hours I NEED 27 HOURS IN EACH DAY TO SUCCEED = Failure
Create time Reduce what we must do
The 3 B’s Bag it? Barter it? Better it?
Apply the 3 B’s 188.5 hours - 20.5 hours (Bag & Barter) Can you... ____________ Bag it? 168 hours! Barter it? Better it?
Accomplish more in Post-Webinar Exercise: your law practice Quantify Your in less time by Work-Day Time applying the 3 B’s and Tasks to every task at work.
The Language & Thoughts of Time Transformation You cannot change time. You can change how much you must do.
Not helpful I’m so busy. I don’t have enough time. I have to... Saying yes to things you don’t want to do & things that don’t align with your values and goals.
Helpful I have too much to do. Quantify Your Time I have lots of opportunities right now. I get to … Asking if a task is aligned with your values or moving you toward your vision of your life. I choose not to do that because there is something more important. No, but thank you for thinking of me, or thank you for the opportunity.
What to Do Today: Your Action Plan 1. 168 Hours Exercise 2. The 3 B’s 3. Time Transformation Language & Thoughts
Questions & Answers
Resources JamieSpannhake.com: info on my book, courses, and coaching Ferriss, Timothy. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live program; sign up for my free weekly email newsletter and receive Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (Harmony, 2007). my e-guide “The #1 Habit” to improve your life. Keller, Gary & Papasan, Jay. The One Thing: The Surprisingly Spannhake, Jamie Jackson. The Lawyer, the Lion, & the Laundry: Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results (Bard Press, 2013). Three Hours to Finding Your Calm in the Chaos (Attorney at Work, 2019). Northrup, Kate. Do Less: Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Busy Moms (Hay House, 2019). Bernstein, Andrew. The Myth of Stress: Where Stress Really Comes From and How to Live a Happier and Healthier Life (Atria Books, Rubin, Gretchen. The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year 2010). Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun (Harper, 2009). Covey, Stephen R. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Free Press, 2004) (first published 1989). Vanderkam, Laura. Juliet’s School of Possibilities (Penguin Audio, 2019). Crenshaw, Dave. The Power of Having Fun: How Meaningful Breaks Help You Get More Done and Feel Fantastic (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2017).
Contact Info: Jamie Jackson Spannhake, Esq., CHC Lion Life LLC jamie@spannhake.com www.JamieSpannhake.com I would enjoy connecting with you. Please reach out!
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